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To uncover a deepfake video call, ask the caller to turn sideways metaphysic.ai \| points: 654 \| comments: 223

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No More “Insight Porn” jakobgreenfeld.com \| points: 472 \| comments: 258

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Mysterious holes on the seafloor oceanexplorer.noaa.gov \| points: 359 \| comments: 131

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I 10x’d a TI-84 emulator’s speed by replacing a switch-case artemis.sh \| points: 322 \| comments: 109

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Why does gRPC insist on trailers? carlmastrangelo.com \| points: 311 \| comments: 111

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A physical wiring diagram for the human immune system nature.com \| points: 304 \| comments: 47

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Open AirPlay 2 Receiver github.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 82

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MiniRust ralfj.de \| points: 250 \| comments: 106

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Look at median, and not mean GDP per capita medianism.org \| points: 243 \| comments: 196

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From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indie gamedev story kellsgame.com \| points: 242 \| comments: 60

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Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing theartnewspaper.com \| points: 235 \| comments: 314

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In-browser retro-futuristic tank game, open source synthblast.com \| points: 234 \| comments: 61

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Ignore the haters, and other lessons learned from creating JSON5 aseemk.substack.com \| points: 218 \| comments: 182

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Class Action Targets Experian over Account Security krebsonsecurity.com \| points: 215 \| comments: 113

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U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash home.treasury.gov \| points: 211 \| comments: 327

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Achieving an open-source implementation of Apple Code Signing and notarization gregoryszorc.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 33

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Incident report: Employee and customer account compromise twilio.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 132

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Run your own DALL-E-like image generator reticulated.net \| points: 172 \| comments: 98

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Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it deprocrastination.co \| points: 165 \| comments: 109

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Post-Apocalyptic Programming zserge.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 123

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